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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1001830

Today, we’re happy to announce the launch of the 2GB Raspberry Pi 5, built on a cost-optimised D0 stepping of the BCM2712 application processor, and priced at just $50.

The new D0 stepping strips away all that unneeded functionality, leaving only the bits we need. From the perspective of a Raspberry Pi user, it is functionally identical to its predecessor: the same fast quad-core processor; the same multimedia capabilities; and the same PCI Express bus that has proven to be one of the most exciting features of the Raspberry Pi 5 platform. However, it is cheaper to make, and so is available to us at somewhat lower cost. And this, combined with the savings from halving the memory capacity, has allowed us to take $10 out of the cost of the finished product.

So, while our most demanding users — who want to drive dual 4Kp60 displays, or open a hundred browser tabs, or compile complex software from source — will probably stick with the existing higher memory-capacity variants of Raspberry Pi 5, many of you will find that this new, lower-cost variant works perfectly well for your use cases.

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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

The Pi is do damn overpriced.

For 80$ I can get an 8th gen HP Mini with 16 GB of RAM + 256 GB M.2., case, power brick, all cables and have a much more stable and powerful system (second hand on eBay).

[–] NaiP@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You mind dropping a link for that? I couldn’t find anything of Canadian equivalent in pricing and I’m interested

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Okay, I just noticed that I might have mislead you, I forgot to include that I was talking about second hand hardware on eBay or something else. Lot's of companies are getting rid of those machines and they're selling around those price points. Try looking up "Hp mini i5 8th gen" or even 9th gen, sometimes older doesn't mean cheaper, it depends on how much people are trying to dump them.

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